§ Sir Waldron Smithersasked the Minister of National Insurance what is the average period of absence from work caused by industrial accidents.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI have been asked to reply. I regret that no information is available which would enable me to state the average period of absence from work. I may, however, refer my hon. Friend to394W the Table on page 10 of the Workmen's Compensation Statistics for 1938 (Cmd. 6203), a copy of which will be found in the Library, where he will find certain information as to the duration of cases in the seven large groups of industries from which returns were collected.